As asylum seekers continue to flood into New York City from Texas and Florida, Mayor Eric Adams is now comparing the humanitarian crisis to the pandemic.
The mayor spoke Friday for the first time since announcing a new relief center for incoming migrants this week.
He compared the crisis to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and says we could get anywhere from 50,000 to 75,000 migrants. A parking lot in Orchard Beach in the Bronx has been transformed into the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center. It will serve as the first touchpoint for adult asylum seekers.Critics have likened the relief center to tent cities and have spoken out against the potential use of cruise ships to house asylum seekers, an idea the mayor floated last week. The mayor spoke on Caribbean Power Jam Radio Friday morning.
"We had a hospital in Central Park under COVID. We had a boat here, a hospital boat, that was here parked on our river during COVID," Adams said. "We used whatever we had to do to get through this emergency."